Feeding 11 Hungry Puppies But the next night, Miss Pickles started acting overwhelmed. Eleven puppies were hard for her to nurse and clean, and she appeared stressed that they were hungry and whining. Both mom and pups needed a solution quickly. Lisa had prepared Kaylee for this by including a supply of Breeder’s Edge® Foster Care™ Canine Milk Replacer and Breeder’s Edge® Puppy Lyte™ in Miss Pickles’ whelping kit to help keep the new puppies fed and hydrated.
that using a blender to break up dry puppy food, then mixing it with the Foster Care Milk Replacer, made a nutritious gruel for the pups, which they ate well.
enough for Miss Pickles, but believes she may get another dog to breed someday, and enjoy another litter of healthy puppies. If you are going to be whelping your first litter and have questions or need help building your whelping kit, call us at 800.786.4751. Article gathered from https://www. revivalanimal.com/blog/kaylees-first- litter-first-time-dog-breeder-shares-her- experience
The Next Steps
When they were old enough, Kaylee began to socialize the pups with some of the residents, as well as her own friends and family. Finally, when they reached 7 weeks old, 10 of the pups went to new homes and Kaylee kept one, just as she’d originally planned. While she was sad that one pup was stillborn, the other 11 puppies and Miss Pickles were healthy. Kaylee feels her success came from her mom’s help to be fully prepared for all possibilities during whelping, including having milk replacer when Miss Pickles was overwhelmed with all 11 hungry puppies. After this big litter, Kaylee feels that one litter of pups is
Kaylee and her daughter worked together to help Miss Pickles with feeding and cleaning all 11 pups
every few hours. It was a long 3 to 4 weeks of bottle feeding all the puppies. Fortunately, Kaylee’s overnight job at a retirement home allowed her to take the puppies with her to stay on their feeding schedule. As she began to transition the pups to more solid food, Kaylee found
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